Effects of cover reduction on mulgara Dasycercus cristicauda (Marsupialia: Dasyuridae), rodent and invertebrate populations in central Australia: Implications for land management

Austral Ecology

Volumn 28, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 658-665

  Masters, Pip ^a,b   Dickman, Chris R ^a   Crowther, Mathew ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b Dept for Environ and Her SA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Habitat manipulation; Mulgara; Rodents; Spinifex grasslands; Threatened species

Indexed keywords

ENDANGERED SPECIES; HARVESTING; LAND MANAGEMENT; MARSUPIAL; VEGETATION COVER;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA;

ANIMALIA; DASYCERCUS; DASYCERCUS CRISTICAUDA; DASYURIDAE; INVERTEBRATA; METATHERIA; RODENTIA; TRIODIA;

EID: 0347662291     PISSN: 14429985     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1442-9993.2003.01327.x     Document Type: Article

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